Building on fire. Johannesburg Emergency Services are still on the scene after a fire broke out at the Riverlea Secondary School at about 6pm on Tuesday. Details of the cause of the fire remain sketchy. However, SABC News reporter Mbalenhle Mthethwa says several buildings at the school including a library, a classroom, several storerooms and…
Tshwane Metro Police Department Commissioner Yolande Faro testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry Tshwane Metro Police Chief, Yolande Faro, has told the Madlanga Commission that the department is investigating Triotic Protection Services Security company, which is believed to be linked to City of Tshwane officials. Triotic Protection Services is one of three companies implicated…
Manchester City player Bernardo Silva. Manchester City captain Bernardo Silva will leave the club at the end of the season, Assistant Manager Pep Lijnders confirmed on Sunday. The 31-year-old Portugal international, who has won six Premier League titles and the Champions League during a nine-year spell at the Etihad Stadium, will depart as a free…
File | Unemployment graphic. Around 700 teachers are expected to march to the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education offices in Pietermaritzburg this morning, demanding employment. The march will start at Langalibalele Street in the KZN Capital City and move to the education department’s offices, where the marchers are expected to hand over their grievances. Some of…
Crime scene cordoned-off. Police in Gqeberha are investigating a double murder after two unidentified men were found with multiple stab wounds behind Khayamnandi Kraal in Despatch. It is alleged that a local resident was walking along a footpath towards KwaNobuhle after feeding pigs when he came across the two men lying on the ground. Police…
Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen is pictured at the fourth nationwide mass vaccination rollout campaign in Limpopo on 16 March 2026. Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen says the Department is working closely with its regional counterparts in the Southern African region to develop a unified approach to the foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak. Steenhuisen…
Police seen directing traffic at the N1 road between Modimolle and Mookgopong after a crash. Four family members who died in a crash on the N1 road between Modimolle and Mookgopong in Limpopo on Wednesday last week, will be buried at Xikundu village outside Malamulele on Saturday. The fifth victim of the head-on collision was…
File: Sergeant Fannie Nkosi testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The Madlanga Commission has heard that Sergeant Fannie Nkosi had no authority to interfere with procurement-related matters in the Tshwane Metro Police Department. This is contained in the department’s chief Yolande Faro‘s testimony before the commission in Pretoria. Nkosi, who spent the Easter long…
FILE | SANDF seen on the Cape Flats. Residents of Mohlakeng, west of Johannesburg, are calling for the deployment of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members to assist the police in tackling high levels of crime in the area. The residents say there is not enough capacity of police officers to effectively combat the…
View of the Alice Campus of the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says it has made significant progress in its investigation into maladministration and academic fraud at the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape. The unit says its investigation is at an advanced stage, and…
